On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 10:03:45 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > >Use LVM, that is the real way people deal with huge RAID arrays in real > > We're not talking about "huge" arrays in this case. I just need RAID1 > (mirroring.) (We have two hardware RAIDs for our fileserver, so I'm not going > to use software RAID for "huge" filesystems.) > > Would you recommend LVM anyway? So that I can "partition" the /dev/md0 device?
Yes. LVM has not a very big cost in either space or performance. If you really don't want it, you need to partition the hd and use the partition as the underlying devices for RAID... -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]